SIFMANet Bucharest: Finance and Security in a Changing World
This conference report presents insights and reflections on Romania’s progress and challenges in navigating sanctions, illicit finance and economic security.
Află de ce s-a strecurat expresia a merge pe burtă în ultimul raport de la Center for Finance and Security, parte a @rusi.bsky.social, pe #sanctiuni împotriva 🇷🇺
Atelierul #SIFMANet a avut loc în București la Palatul Elisabeta
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An AI essay. Breaking the Habit. Europe needs to stop using copium | 45north
Merriam Webster: #copium is “a slang term for denial or rationalization in the face of defeat or failure. It is presented as a metaphorical drug people take when dealing with losing a game or otherwise being disappointed.”
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Putin’s Soft White Underbelly | 45north
It is reported that Churchill, in a discussion with Stalin, drew a crocodile and indicated its vulnerable belly, a metaphor for Italy. Fast forward 80 years and another expansionist, revanchist power is waging a brutal war in the heart of Europe. The question is what is Putin’s soft underbelly?
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